Tag: Carabineros

• Friday, December 26th 2014 - 07:02 UTC

  Chilean Government to apply Antiterrorist Law in two Temuco bombings

  

  One carabinero wounded. Opposition demands that Bachelet's administration does not hesitate in handling these cases.

• Sunday, August 11th 2013 - 23:25 UTC

  Mapuche conflict in Chile flares up following the killing of local indigenous activist

  

  Dozens turned out on Saturday in southern Chile for the funeral of a Mapuche land activist and fugitive who last Tuesday was found dead of shotgun wounds to the chest. Carabineros have made no arrests and have no suspects so far, said local authorities.

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 05:38 UTC

  Chilean students and workers take to the streets to demand education reform

  

  An estimated one hundred thousand people turned out Wednesday on another day of demonstrations called by students in several Chilean cities, with union members, port workers and miners joining the throng.

• Saturday, October 13th 2012 - 08:42 UTC

  Tens arrested in violent clashes during Chilean students’ protests in Santiago

  

  Demonstrations of thousands of students that turned out to the streets of Santiago and other Chilean cities to demand better education, ended in violent clashes with riot police which had to appeal to tear gas, water cannons and paint guns to later identify protestors, tens of which were later detained.

• Friday, August 31st 2012 - 00:56 UTC

  Piñera promised an end to police brutality during student protest marches

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera said that his government would not tolerate police brutality. The remarks came after the police was accused of mistreating student protesters who were demanding educational reforms.

• Friday, August 24th 2012 - 00:54 UTC

  Thousands of Chilean students march demanding education reform

  

  Thousands of young Chileans marched peacefully on Thursday in different cities demanding education reform and equal conditions and rights for all young Chileans, amid a heightened police presence.

• Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 19:52 UTC

  Struggle for education reform in Chile: police arrest 70 students occupying schools

  

  Chilean police stormed on Thursday three schools in the centre of Santiago, overtaken by students for the past week, and arrested 70 young people who were involved in the protests demanding education reform.

• Monday, August 6th 2012 - 21:30 UTC

  Abuse of Chilean indigenous peoples questioned by human rights organizations

  

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) spoke out against human rights violations in the Araucanía region in south-central Chile on Thursday, calling on the government to investigate the chain of events last week resulting in the injuries of two minors by police bullets.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 06:05 UTC

  Protesting Chilean students again take to the streets; minor clashes with Carabineros

  

  Dozens of Chilean high school students were detained in Santiago on Wednesday as a protest organized by the National Confederation of Secondary Students (CONES) turned ugly.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 15:01 UTC

  Human Rights Commission denounces Chilean Carabineros for ‘disproportionate use of force’

  

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has denounced Chile’s Carabineros over the “disproportionate” repression of student protesters, which in some cases it described as “incompatible” with a functioning democracy.